Former Leeds fullback Danny Mills felt they could’ve won the Premier League during his time at Elland Road.
Mills left Leeds in 2003, but believes they were building something special before the club financially collapsed.
“We believe we could win the league,” he admitted to the Daily Star. “We had it. Just after the World Cup after David O’Leary was sacked, we were all given the impression that the next manager in was going to be Steve McClaren.
“Now a lot of us had worked with him with England, knew what a fantastic coach he was, a lot of us were excited about that.
“If the financial situation hadn’t been plodded, we thoroughly believe that we could go on and really challenge for the Premier League.”